EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to cock (a gun); to set up; to prepare...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
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FIL: Ihanda ang isang bagay para sa paggamit, tulad ng pag-angat ng martilyo ng baril, pag-aayos ng isang plano, o pagbuo ng isang kaso.
EN: to cock (a gun); to set up; to prepare
This is what you do before a 'bardagulan' online. You **ikasa** your arguments and screenshots. In old action movies, it's the sound before the hero says his one-liner. 'Ready, aim, fire!' starts with **ikasa**.
From Spanish 'cazar' (to hunt) or 'casar' (to fit, to match), which evolved in Filipino to mean setting a mechanism.
While its primary meaning relates to firearms, it is widely used metaphorically to mean 'to prepare' or 'to file' a case or plan.
🇵🇭 Maingat niyang ikinasa ang baril bago pumasok sa madilim na silid.
🇺🇸 He carefully cocked the gun before entering the dark room.
🇵🇭 Mag-ingat ka, may plano silang ikasa na kaso laban sa iyo.
🇺🇸 Be careful, they have a plan to set up a case against you.
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